Even though I think he could do the 30 hour challenge, I believe that he cheated at London. Given the times and distances that he was supposedly running during Race Across USA, I think it is highly unlikely he would have had that type of speed in the tank for the London Marathon.

triathleteguru wrote:I've reached out to Sarah Lyall, she wrote this: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04...cheat.html in regards to Julie Miller, another obvious cheat who also has refused to admit to it. If anyone isn't familiar with that story, highly recommend reading that article, great read! Would love for Letsrun to hire Sarah to write a similar article...

Yes. Millennials take cheating very seriously. It's a byproduct in growing up during the banking crisis, Madoff, Iraq War, etc.

Flounder wrote:Even though I think he could do the 30 hour challenge, I believe that he cheated at London. Given the times and distances that he was supposedly running during Race Across USA, I think it is highly unlikely he would have had that type of speed in the tank for the London Marathon.

His 3:07 in London is valid. He has every 5km split, start and finish time. The course is fully lined by spectators, so there's nowhere he could have left/rejoined without being visible, and he was in his very recognisable kilt. He can be seen running from the start line in the BBC TV coverage. He can be seen at all the photo points along the route alongside other runners with his splits. There's video of him trying to keep up with the Paula train during the first 5km, and more video of him stopped talking to his support crew around 24 miles.

The 3:07 is valid and I wouldn't bet against a sub-3 with the same training but without such stupid pacing and that ridiculous kilt.

Look at robs website his manager has dumped him. Rob used to be managed by Oliver Wine gums or something like that but is now handling his own "media" request's. Plus oliver whatever now longer lists rob on his twatter account.

Racergirl wrote:Typed too soon - you're right, he has already been removed on their website. Although for LRers it's a no-brainer, as a charity it's a tough call between needing those funds (which are auditable and above board here in the UK) and having to consider under what circumstances and by whom those funds are raised. If RY has genuinely raised Â£200,000 for them (for the US amongst you, post-Brexit this amounts to about $13.76) then it's a tough call to wave goodbye to that.

You know, the Dr Kipps who said RY had become "a person of special scientific interest" and "Rob Youngâ€™s ability to run marathons day after day is astonishing. He is re-writing the textbooks.". Seems there's a lot of "re-writing" going on about the "astonishing" "Marathon Man" now.

From the book 'Marathon Man':

"While I liked Dr Kipps very much...there was always this tension between us...He wanted me to observe the data."

There could be a lot more tension soon, and Rob, you should have listened to him about the data bit.

This cheating/liar man is just beyond comprehension. But his condition has a definition (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com):---------------------------------megÂ·aÂ·loÂ·maÂ·niÂ·a (meg'Äƒ-lÅ-mÄ'nÄ“-Äƒ),1. A type of delusion in which the afflicted person considers himself or herself possessed of greatness. He/she believes him/herself to be Christ, God, Napoleon, anyone famous, or everyone and everything, including a lawyer, physician, clergyman, merchant, prince, or super athlete in all sports.2. Morbid verbalized overevaluation of oneself or of some aspect of oneself.[megalo- + G. mania, frenzy]-----------------------------------For me, the only reasonable explanation for people still believing in him is that these very same people are also ethically questionable. After an analysis based on hard data the conclusion was that RY did NOT run all the miles he claimed while trying to cross USA, and still people believe in empty words. They defied the scientific method and return to the dark ages.

This is just amazingly sad.From http://thenewdaily.com.au/spor...ert-young/OF: And mentally how are you doing?RY: When all the noise started to happen, it was a small group of people on a website or whatever. And they became more and more vocal and that hit me mentally. I was like, â€œHold on a minute, Iâ€™m doing everything properlyâ€. We had 12 days with film crews and they were there when people were there making allegations and they even said: â€œHold on a minute, thatâ€™s wrong, because we filmed him at the exact same time youâ€™re talking about.â€ There was one particular guy who was very, very vocal and I said to him â€œWell, come out and watch. Donâ€™t sit there and type and speculate. Just come out and watch and see for yourself.â€ As things grew and grew, I even offered to pay for him to come out. I didnâ€™t have the money, but Iâ€™d have found it. My main strength is my mental ability. My physical ability isnâ€™t as strong as some runners. But put me up mentally againstother runners and Iâ€™m far stronger mentally than the others. It really knocked me. I was a bit gobsmacked and quite upset. But if you look at the history of other transcontinental runners, theyâ€™ve been in exactly the same position.

RobsBook wrote:His 3:07 in London is valid. He has every 5km split, start and finish time. The course is fully lined by spectators, so there's nowhere he could have left/rejoined without being visible, and he was in his very recognisable kilt. He can be seen running from the start line in the BBC TV coverage. He can be seen at all the photo points along the route alongside other runners with his splits. There's video of him trying to keep up with the Paula train during the first 5km, and more video of him stopped talking to his support crew around 24 miles.

The 3:07 is valid and I wouldn't bet against a sub-3 with the same training but without such stupid pacing and that ridiculous kilt.

RY lies and cheats wrote:Donâ€™t sit there and type and speculate. Just come out and watch and see for yourself.â€ As things grew and grew, I even offered to pay for him to come out. I didnâ€™t have the money, but Iâ€™d have found it.

Amazingly selective memory about Laz and the Geezers - he didn't have to pay a thing the lying scumbag.

RY lies and cheats wrote:Donâ€™t sit there and type and speculate. Just come out and watch and see for yourself.â€ As things grew and grew, I even offered to pay for him to come out. I didnâ€™t have the money, but Iâ€™d have found it.

Amazingly selective memory about Laz and the Geezers - he didn't have to pay a thing the lying scumbag.

He also offered to pay various people to come and observe him, then stopped all contact when he realised they would actually do it.